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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sargorn:
Not that I've been able to do, no. There's the off chance I may be doing it wrong, but I've tried all listed combos. So I doubt it.

I've flashed tonnes of stuff before and didn't think it'd be an issue not getting into recovery via buttons. Totally wrong there :/.

Contacting Samsung Hong Kong via 'email' at the moment, have to wait til Monday now to call I think.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meltsheep:
[Q] Phone bricked ?

Did I brick my phone ? Can I recover it ? Pls see attachment. Was attempting Froyo update from Odin and it stuck after about 10 mins and I unplugged. CAn't reboot into recovery mode...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Pull battery and usb cable, put in battery, wait 10 secs, try to get into download mode, odin, USB cable in..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meltsheep:
Oops. Should have read forum a bit more carefully as I am not the 1st to see this by any means.

However there appears to be nothing I can do to get the phone into recovery mode. I've tried all the combinations and nothing seems to work for me. I had it going into recovery before the half-bricked via ADB and pressing keys.

I am in London and can probably take it to CPW and see what they can do. Samsung lists them as "service centres"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Trust me.. you can get it into downloader mode..

Once it goes to that screen, you must yank the battery again to try..

Remember, hold down Home/Voldown first, and then press power whilst holding it down. You shouldn't need to service it...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meltsheep:
i've tried this over and over again, and no joy.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ed10000:
Vol down+Home+Power - doesn't work? It used to work before the bad flash? I had a bad flash a couple of days ago and got the exact same screen you did. But I was able to get back into download mode and flash it again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meltsheep:
Nope just returns to the <phone>...!...<pc> screen. Taking out battery everytime and waiting 10 s or so. Press buttons in order volume,home+power ... back to said screen again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dakine:
Try inserting the battery while you have the 3 buttons pushed, i've heard someone else got it to work that way.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasist:
Blocked Samsung Galaxy S

hi i am from Uk and recently purchased a galaxy S for just 180quid from local site Gumtree. is is like brand new cond..however it turns out that the phone is blocked by network after about 2 days of usage. i contacted Orange and they confirmed that IMEI has been blacklisted. i have few questions regarding this:

1. any way i can get it unblocked

2. can i use the phone in Malaysia ( i am a student in UK currently)

thanks for any info
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sambamurthy:
Even I had this kind of problem, When you press the volumedown + home + power button u will first get the same screen, but dont leave the buttons.. just keep holding it .. now the screen will change to downloading mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omaga:
So its seems that you phone is SIM locked? or did they tell you why it was blacklisted?? If the phone is sim locked there is a thread about that in this forum, if i remember right. You cant offcourse use the phone in Malaysia aither if its sim locked, you unlock the phone first or use an Orange simcard
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasist:
it is not unlocked

but blocked

because it has been reported lost/stolen

:(:(:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mithent:
Well, the most likely situation here is that it's either been found lost and sold on to you, or it was stolen.

Try to get in touch with the seller and get your money back? Report them to the police? Pretty sure the IMEI isn't going to be unblocked in the UK (and it will probably be blocked on many other networks elsewhere too, as they usually share IMEI blacklists), and you don't really have any rights there unfortunately.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vivekrk44:
I think I have the same problem as you. My baseband is unknown and no imei only on froyo. Can't use repartition on Odin or heindall. So ur saying that there is no way out of this? Tired everything. But this did not happen on jpc. I just rebooted my galaxy s on doc 5.1 and it happened. I can use the phone if I flash eclair. Can someone help me ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikkiJayne:
[Q] Damsel in distress! May have bricked my phone :-( - HELP!

I am a noob here, so apologies if I am asking anything silly or obvious, I don't mean to be rude or waste anyones time – please know any help will be VERY gratefully received!

I own a Samsung Galaxy S I9000 that is currently running froyo 2.2.1 (updated through Kies).

I appear to have been one of the unfortunate people who didn't have 3 button download mode and seem to be unable to install it.

After having successfully rooted my phone using z4 root and installing ClockworkMod recovery I attempted to update the phone through going in to recovery mood through ClockworkMod recovery. My phone would not install/run the 'update.zip' file and kept giving me errors and I would have to reboot.

On my third attempt the phone would only reboot to the initial Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 boot screen where it would hang.

My problem is that because I don't have 3 button download mode flashing from ROM following the standard instructions using ODIN is a bit of a problem.

I am looking for clarification and advice because I think I am at the point where I cannot afford to make any more mistakes – I quite like having a mobile phone :-).

Is there anything I can do?

Like I say I am very very grateful of any help or guidance anyone can give me.

Thanking you in advance.

Nikki
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seraphon198666:
the second one....it's definitely the i9000....the uk version
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majinzen:
If you can get to the boot screen then you can use adb to get into download. In the command prompt type "adb reboot download". That will take you to download.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seraphon198666:
Actually the moan is about the lack of useful help available.

And as for getting the iPhone, it's a simple case of there is more help availble and it's easier to fix, as opposed to the sgs.

And it's easy as hell to flash from jpc to a later version, so you won't need to have a galaxy ipod.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chalky94:
If you can get in download mode (Volum down + Home + Power) then you can flash a new firmware through Odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gigiuno:
hi, i have the same problem on a sgs. i was updating his firmware with odin but it got stuck to factoryfs.rfs, so the only way was to disconnect the cable and remove the battery. after that i couldn't turn it on again. no recovery or download mode, completely dead. i tried all those suggestions about several trials and battery insertion, even the heat trick but nothing happened!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lelf:
[Q] bricked galaxy s

Hi guys, i was applying the lagfix with speedmod's kernel and now i get brick.

The phone boot only in kernel option and not in download mode.

Adb recognizes it. I try "adb reboot download" but nothing it still boot in kernel option.

What i can do?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lelf:
Nevermind. I'm save!!!!!! fiu :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjornj:
no i didn't try this yet, does it really work?

i'll try it now thx!

Bjorn
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikkiJayne:
I am having a similar problem.

When in windows command line it says 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command - am I missing something?

Thanks

Nikki

x

Also - should the phone be turned on or off when plugged in?

Thanks

x
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Something else I read you may want to try. Connect the phone to the PC with the USB cable and then try to enter download or recovery mode with the three button combination. Keep them pressed for a slow count of 20 and then let go and leave for a few minutes (say 5 - 10) without touching.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majinzen:
Replied to your message. Hope it helps. You are definitely not bricked though. If you can get to the boot screen, then you are fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steje:
I have it "ON" ...!

I have update all...load all!

My dir was on C:\androd....

View attachment 475152
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikkiJayne:
Thanks again,

sorry to keep asking - in a bit of a pickle!

I have managed to run it but now I get an error message: 'error: device offline'

Not sure what I can do from that??

Thanks

Nikki

xx
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikkiJayne:
Hi there,

I tried to do this for mine but I get an error saying it cant detect it.

The advice I have had is that I need to have it in USB debugging mode but I cannot get past the start up screen. Is there anyway to get into this mode?

Nikki

xx
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjornj:
i think it should be on the screen where it was stuck, i am now downloading all the sdk platforms and then i will try it i will post tonight what the result is!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikkiJayne:
I have been trying to do this but now when I type

'adb reboot download'

it just sits on the command line, the cursor flashes but nothing happens.

I have left it for 20 minutes now - should it be taking this long?

Am I missing something?

Nikki
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebazman:
right mr know all tell me how to fix my issue

yes its easy to flash but with a corrupt imei you cant phone or text so get your facts right

and yes ive tried to fix it but as i said if you didnt back up your efs your knackered until someone comes up with another solution ive still got a galaxy ipod
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjornj:
it says "error:device not found"

what now?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierreken:
For the adb commands to work you need to enable USB debugging first. Since that option is in the Android settings menu it will not solve the problem for you.

Your best choice is to make a usb test cable with the resistor as mentioned above.

It's a small usb connection you make and if you plug it in your phone, your phone will immediately go into download mode.

Your only alternative is to send it in for repair.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
hmm.. i doubt it

Canada and USA respect and honour the black listed IMEI too

any phone with their IMEI black listed will not worth in North America.... not so sure about Mexico, as they usually have their own set of rules that are not NAM standard.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjornj:
i'll try the homemade jig as last hope

thx
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mightyfreak:
Here same put wrong ROM (captivate) on my galaxy s 1900. So only black screen and nothing else. Now is my question will a jig help?

Greetz
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I have just fully discharged my battery to check I had this correct. When fully discharged and the phone has switched itself off the exact same thing happens. Press power on and absolutely nothing. Now if the batteries in these devices are charged is it then possible that somehow Clockworkmod, which if I understand correctly works alongside the bootloader (the ROM I assume does not affect the bootloader) has broken the connection between battery and device so that the device thinks it is fully discharged or not there and that has caused these faults?

How could you get out of this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a7ad67:
dose any one try the jig
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
search on making a usb cable with resister to force into download mode
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seraphon198666:
My bad, i misread your post:p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seraphon198666:
Hrm....doubtful about this working but i'll try it in a bit.

Will post if successful
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a7ad67:
@seraphon198666

did u try the homemade jig
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebazman:
no problem, i was really hoping you did know something that i hadnt tried but anyway hope you can recover it

my galaxy s was an upgrade so didnt hurt my pocket and ive got a desire coming tomoro

regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elhpianist:
If you can't get into download mode, you need to get a download jig: either make one yourself or buy one from ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Samsung-Gala...ile_Phones&hash=item3a61b9f605#ht_4119wt_1202

Once you get that, it should force your phone into download mode, where you can flash a samsung ROM.

Once you do that I suggest you fix you get your 3 button fix recovery.

I have attached a 3 button fix zip with instructions on how to get it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spectre85:
haha wow I live in moose jaw, serious.....haha small world, hopefully you got your **** going. I just flashed Darky's ROM on this phone and it's like Night and Day difference in speed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rashar:
[Q] Help! I think my phone is bricked.

Phone: Bell Version of the Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S GT-i9000M unlocked to run on Rogers network. No other ROMS or lagfixes installed.

Problem: Power on the phone, get the galaxy s splash screen and audio then screen goes black. Nothing responds to button click events. Menu button and return button only lights up. I can see the battery is fully charged when the phone is turned off.

OS: Froyo 2.2 update via kies and running for about a week.

Today noticed more lock ups and force closures on programs.

Solution: Attempted to go into download mode but screen just stays blank. Looked on Youtube for possible solutions but found nothing.

Is my phone bricked or should I just wait it out? Any other advice is greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gohst_oc:
Ok, just for completness:

Flashing a Vibrant or Captivate ROM on a Galaxy S I9000 will brick the bootloader (I'm 80% sure this is really the case but not based on real facts from dev's).

Yes, the Galaxy S I9000 may have differend frequences / bands, but the Darkky ROM for the Galaxy S I9000 ist compatible (he said for I9000T too).

So it's not logical or correct to flash ROM's from a non I9000.

It's your fault because of not beeing informed enough.

I wonder if you can fix this with a JIG cable, but please try it and really give a report.

So, phone bricked, reason discovered...

What now?

You can send it to a repair shop, they are able to flash directly.

I think / hope this is not too expensive.

Or cheapest method: send it to Samsung and tell them a KIES update failed.

Different people did that and Samsung fixed it 4 free!!!

@seraphon198666:

You can restore the IMEI, if your phone is rooted.

Like I figured out, there's always a backup on a protected partition or so.

We don't know why, but there is one.

Just delete nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5 inside the /efs folder.

(But please create a backup before)

Then reboot your phone and check IMEI and country code.

I did this procedure always after flashing with Odin because of wrong country codes.

For the lazy peoples the linux shell commands (just type them in a connect bot or other terminal apps):

cp -a /efs /sdcard/efs_backup (backup /efs folder + subfolders to /sdcard)

rm /efs/nv_data.bin)

rm /efs/nv_data.bin.md5

exit (exit root)

exit (exit shell, close connection)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lisyria:
I had the same issue as you and found this thread to be incredibly helpful:

Google search "samsung galaxy s forums + if you are facing problems after upgrade" --- it should be the first result

(as I am a new member the forum won't let me post a link to the thread blech)

My phone is vanilla (not rooted or rommed up) and I found the factory reset via 3 button recovery (as suggested by the above forum) fixed the problem.

Factory reset erases any data not stored on the internal or external sd cards, so just be aware of that before you do it. Also remove your external sd card (if you have one) before doing the reset just to be safe.

Hope that helps!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sosferatu:
After you've done a flash, get in recovery mode then do a cash wipe, format internal sdcard and a another wipe. (2d, 3th and 4th option) then reboot. That did the trick 4 me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crysis21:
Hello my friends...

I'm afraid I have to tell you that the HIG won't help you at all, as it didn't helped me with my dead Galaxy. I sent the phone to a service and they rewrote my bootloader using JTAG. They called me an hour ago and told me that they repaired my phone.

Sorry for this bad news, but unless you have a JTAG I'm afraid you can't do anything with your phone anymore.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gohst_oc:
@Crysis21

THX 4 this info.

Did you flash a Vibrant / Captivate ROM on a Galaxy S I9000(T)?

If yes, then we are more or less sure that this will destroy the bootloader... -.-

But it's not too expensive to let flash the phone trough JTAG I hope...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heartagramm:
Just wondering. Do you have any spare batteries for your SGS which has full charge? Or if you have a multimeter, put it to DC volts and measure the charge of your battery... ;) If you don't have one, go buy one, they are as cheap as 7-12$ (or 3-7 £) (or 5-10 €). You don't need an super great multimeter for measuring this little thing as you propably won't need it ever after. Or then might. :) But you'll do fine with any kind of multimeter.

Edit: yeah I now read the whole thread. SO. Have you tried pressing Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power? Does it still remain dead? If it starts working, KEEP PRESSING THOSE. The screen will show something, then go black. Again keep pressing still! Another flash, then screen off again. Now the third time when the screen flashes on, let go all of the buttons. Take the battery out now, and try entering download mode by pressing Vol DOWN+HOME+Power. Keep them pressed until something appears on screen, then let go. Should start into download mode now. If not, then I have nothing more to give you, sorry. In that case, you WILL have to send your SGS back to Samsung repair centre, they will charge something for repairing it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insti75:
Thank you that makes a lot of sense.

I made a homemade JIG today to no avail, looks like I've 'rooted' the bootloader with the Captivate ROM for sure.

How did you claim your warranty? Did you tell them that you were flashing ROMS (if at all?). Did they charge you?

I was at the service centre here in Western Australia today and they wanted to hold onto my phone to have a tech look at it, I thought I'd try the JIG first.

Looks like I'm heading back over there.

If they repair the bootloader are they going to view the ROM, etc? and void my warranty? Or are they not that fussed?

I realise the above question is VERY broad and probably more 'insider' knowledge of Samsung themselves.

Thanks for clearing that up!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierreken:
My phone initially did not have the recovery and download menu either (well it had the menu's but not the key-combination to access it) and after my first flash went wrong (the usb-cable solution did not yet exist at that point) I flashed a new bootloader that allowed me to use the key-combinations. Since then I've been more than happy that they were available in times of need :-)

Go through some of the threads here that describe the flash for the 3-button combo and ask some questions if you're unsure. After that it's up to you to decide if you feel comfortable with flashing the bootloader or not.

The cable does the same but I find it easier to be able to access these menus anytime anywhere (yes, it's happened before that I needed access to it while driving :) )
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benjamin Dobell:
When I first started development on the early alpha versions of Heimdall I managed to completely brick my phone in a similar fashion to how you bricked yours. I just sent it off and Samsung repaired it under warranty. I presume they did a JTAG fix however I can't check for sure as it's now my girlfriends phone and she won't let me pull it apart ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insti75:
How did you describe the fault? Do they ask you questions, etc? I mean, I'm sure the repair fee cannot be that expensive if the warranty is voided, right?

Good news for you.

Haha, just wait until she pours stale water and startch all over it, then complains it won't turn on... She'll let you pull it apart.

I speak from experience. I saved my gf's LG Mini from drowning by dismantling in rice/cleaning with isopropyl based alcohol. It only had a minor splash, however.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjornj:
when you flashed was your phone bricked? because now i can't really flash you know....

without the download mode i can't flash and i can't turn on my phone because it's bricked so how can i flash the bootloader with 3-btn combo without the download menu and while my phone is bricked?

thx

grtz bjorn
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benjamin Dobell:
I just said that the device no longer turns on and that the device doesn't even respond when the charger is connected.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
How come jTAG has not been leaked yet?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rashar:
Lisyria,

I went to the post you suggested and followed these steps:

1. Took out the Battery to make sure the device is switched off.

2. Placed it back in.

3. Hold the Volume Up + Home Key + Power Key

4. Once the Device lights up let go of the Power key but kept the Volume Up and Home Key pressed.

When I entered the recovery mode I did a "Wipe data factory reset" option. Rebooted my phone and was stuck at the blank black screen again.

I went into recovery mode for a second time, and chose the option "format internal sd-card"... rebooted my phone and now back in business!

Many thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crysis21:
I haven't sent it to warranty, because the courier would cost me as much as the street-corner service that I went to. They charged me 30 Euros, but my SGS was up and running the next day. If I would send it into the service, I would have stayed without my phone for 15 days.... crap

I am happy now.... but I think It's a little overpriced.... :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbielee7:
Thank you so much for your step-by-step guide!!!! Just save me so much trouble...